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SIGUCCS ‘07 Pre-Conference Workshop: MS Vista and Office 2007, Blaine Barton, Microsoft TechNet Senior IT Pro Evangelist

This session was far more “nuts and bolts” than I expected — useful nonetheless. Key takeaways:
  • Use virtualization to test, test, and test some more your configuration and deployment environment. Also a great place to play with and learn the new technologies involved (SCCM, Server 2008, Vista itself, etc.)
  • BDD Solution Accelerator
  • Win PE is a core part of the BDD imaging process
  • In environments where SMS/SCCM may not be the best fit (like smaller labs or clusters), Server 2008 and BDD make deploying and managing Vista easier
  • Server 2008 consolidates many, many imaging and deployment tools into one console
I think it says something that MS seems to be past the point where significant new technologies/tools are being developed with respect to workstation management and deployment. The big pushes are now on tool consolidation, interoperability, and — most importantly — frameworks to wrap them all together.

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